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Bronze Seal From the Atocha Identified.You might remember when I posted news of this bronze seal being found not too long ago. Research has been done and the owner positively identified.
Here is part of an email that I received from the Fisher organization about the seal.
Our Historian and Archeologist have positively identified the owner of the recently-found bronze seal. It belonged to the Admiral of the entire 1622 fleet, Don Pedro Pasquier y de Esparza. There is no doubt that he had his quarters on the ship near the Captain’s quarters in the sterncastle section of the ship.
This is exciting news! It gives more credence to our working theory that the other 3 gold and emerald artifacts we recently found were also from the sterncastle. The 4-foot gold rosary (found in March, 2011), the 2-pound gold bar (found in April, 2011) and the 9-carat emerald ring (found in July, 2011) all line up on our recovery chart. The Admiral’s bronze seal continues that line on our chart, and now, we have identified the actual person it belonged to – the most senior officer in the fleet!
A 200 year old cannon was discovered in the Detroit River. Here is the link for that story.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/dive-team-pulls-cannon-from-bottom-of-detroit-river-after-centuries-below-the-surface/2011/10/05/gIQAfaBsNL_story.html
Well the wind is still blowing on the Treasure Coast and the sea is rough. It might be a good time to get out there when you can in between rain storms.
The next few days as the seas back off should provide some opportunities too.
A lot of guys have been hitting the beaches this weekend, especially around Fort Pierce.
I expect to have some photos of recent finds to post in a few days after cleaning etc.
Of course, I'd also like to show what others found this weekend, so send me a photo and description.
I'm impressed by how accurate the surf web sites were this time. In the past their predictions were often off.
Photo From Wabasso Beach Looking North Saturday.Hope you had some fun and success this weekend.
I didn't have a chance to get out today.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
